What is Sustainability?
sus·tain·abil·i·ty – ( se stā-nə- ˈ bi-lə-tē) noun
- meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. -- World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) Our Common Future, England Oxford University Press
- “…enables people to develop knowledge, values and skills to participate in decisions…that will improve the quality of life now without damaging the planet for the future.” -- United Nations Declaration: A Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014
- "[Sustainability efforts] create and maintain conditions under which [humans] and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans." - US EPA
- “a word for the need to find a corrective course.” -- Dr. Wes Jackson, president, The Land Institute
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